Repairing-last



' (No Model.) 2 Shets-Sheet 1.. J. MORRELL.

REPAIRING LAST.

Patented Oct. 2, 1888 (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. MORRELL.

REPAIRING LAST. No. 390,504. Patented O 3::

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INVENTEJF] N PETERS. Phvio-Ulhcgnphnr. wznhin m'muc JOHN MORRELL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

REPAIRING-LAST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,504, dated October 2, 1888.

Application filed June Il, 1888.

T 0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN MoRRnLL, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Repairing-Lasts,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a convenient last adapted to support the sole of a boot or shoe whileit is being lapped; and it consists in the several improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective View .of my improved last and support. Fig. 2 represents -a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 represents a top view. Flg. 4 represents a side view showing a boot in dotted lines on the last. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the last detached from its support. Fig. 6 represents a side elevation of thelast and support, showing an up per filling or holding device and means for holding the support in different positions. Fig.7 represents a top view of the fixed arm or bed shown in Fig. 6.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, (t represents a standard adapted to be secured to a support and provided at its upper end with a curved or in clined arm, a. The upper surface constitutes a part of the worksupport.

1; represents the detachable last, or, as here shown, the detachable fore-part portion of the last, the same being formed to constitute a continuation of the supporting-surfiice of the arm a and provided with a tenon, d, at its rear end,formed to enter a socket, c, in the arm a. The last is provided with two operative surfaces, 2 3, one of which is formed as the bottom of a right and the other as the bottom of a left last, so that when the last is placed with one surface at the top it fits a rightboot and when placed with the other surface at the top fits a left boot. The upper surface of the arm a is formed to act in connection with either of the surfaces of the detachable last and constitutes a shank-support, as shown in Fig. 4.

The arm a is preferably provided with a lip or lug, g, which {projects under the under Serial No. 276,707.

(No model.)

surface of the detachable lastand helps to support the same. A pin, h, may be inserted in holes formed in the arm a and tenon d,to prevent the removal of the said tenon from its socket. I

In Fig. 2 I have shown in dotted lines a block, it, formed to support the heel portion ofa boot or shoe, said block having a tenon formed to fit a socket, m, in the upper end of the standard a. The heel-block 76 may be used independently of the forepart last in tapping heels, or conjointly therewith in tapping heels and soles.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a movable arm, T, which extends under the last I) and is attached to a rod, S, which is fitted to slide in guides it on the standard a. A spring, a, normally holds the arm 9 up against the last. A handle, 12, on the rod enables the operator to move the arm downwardly, and thus cause it to bear against the upper of the boot or shoe in which the last is inserted, and thereby hold the sole firmly against the supportingsurface of the last. A stud ortooth, w, on the handle 1), engaged with one of a seriesof teeth, 1, on the standard a, holds the arm 1- at any point to which it may be depressed. The standard a may be detachably engaged with a fixed table or support, A, and may be turned so that the last will extend in any desired direction. To this end the base or lower end of the standard is provided with teeth B, adapted to enter sockets O in the table or fixed support. A spring, 1), attached at one end to a holder, E, affixed to said support, and at the other end to the standard a, holdsthe tooth'cd base in con tact with the socketed support and enables said base to be withdrawn from the socket and turned so as to give the last any desired direction, thus enabling the operator to locate his work to suit his convenience.

1. The combination of the standard having a shank-supporting arm, a socket, e, andalip or lug, g, and a fore-partlast having a tenon designed to fit said socket and resting on said lip or lug, substantially as shown and described, said fore-part last constituting a continuation of the supporting-surface of said arm, as stated.

2. The combination, with the standard hav ing the shank-supporting arm and a socket,of the fore-part last having a tenon fitting said socket, and the pin passed through coincident apertures of said arm and tenon, substantially as shown and described.

3. The c0mbinati0n,with the standard having the shank-supporting arm and socket m and the fore-part last, of the separable heelblock having a tenon to enter said socket and designed to rest on said arm, snbstantiall y as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the last I) and its support, ofthe arm 1', having a handled rod or slide, and the spring a, for normally holding said arm against the last, as set forth.

5 The combination of the last I), the standard a, having guidestt, the arm 9, attached to a rod or slide which is fitted to move in said guides, a spring whereby said arm is pressed toward the last, and means for locking the slide and arm at difi'ercnt distances from the last, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specifieation,in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 9th day of June,A. D. 1888.

JOHN MOE-BELL.

W'itnesses:

A. D. HARRISON, ARTHUR W. Caossnnv. 

